MECOSTA COUNTY, MI -- A 54-year-old Big Rapids man died Tuesday in a fiery crash after his truck hit a tree.

Mecosta County sheriff's deputies said speed was a factor in the single-car crash that killed David Doxtader. Doxtader was driving a pickup north on 160th Avenue in Colfax Township when he did not stop at a stop sign at McKinley Road and his vehicle crossed the intersection, deputies said.

The truck hit a large tree, uprooting it. The vehicle caught on fire about 9:36 a.m.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.

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